Beauty and the Beast

On Saturday morning we took Ethan and Claire down to a little theater in Provo to see Beauty and the Beast. An hour before the show began they had "Breakfast with Belle". Everyone got waffles and was able to meet Belle and the other characters. Claire loved it all. She's quite the little actress herself and has pretended to be Belle ever since the show. Dan took the children and I stayed with Jane. About half an hour into the show Dan called saying that Ethan was scared of the Beast, so I picked him up and we walked around BYU. Claire wanted to stay and really enjoyed herself. When we have watched Beauty and the Beast at home we have always fast forwarded the parts when the Beast is scary, when the wolves chase Maurice, and when Gaston fights the Beast, which cuts the movie down by at least half, and which also makes a little person ill prepared to see a scary Beast up close and personal in a small theater! We all had a good day anyway and were glad that we went.

Dance Class with Claire

Claire has been wanting to take a dance class for a while now so we enrolled her in one and she goes every Tuesday evening. She loves it. It's fun to watch about 10 four year olds, mostly all in pink, flitting and twirling, jumping and leaping. Here she is in her dance outfit.

Bear Lake

We went to Bear Lake Friday and Saturday. I have never experienced weather the way we did on Saturday. We woke up to beautiful, sunny weather, which lasted a couple of hours then several small thunderstorms came across the lake. The first two storms were about a mile away on either side, to the right and left of us and passed right by without raining on us at all. 30 minutes later a storm passed right over us and it rained like crazy for about 15 minutes and the cloud passed and the sun came right back out. This happened all day. 1-2 hours of sun, 15-30 minutes of thunder and rain. This first photo shows one of the many rainbows we saw that day. In the photo below you will see the big kids swimming, but Jane is bundled in her woolies...It was a cool day, much to cold for a babe to be in the water. But the greatest thing about the beach is the water and since E & C have taken swimming lessons 3X this summer Ethan, and particularly Claire were anxious to get in the water. It didn't seem to bother them that it was bitterly cold!

nice scenery

The water was freezing. When you first put your feet in, that small part of your body goes into shock...It was very, very cold. When you get out of the water your feet and whatever other parts of you were in the water ache from the cold.


This is the first time Jane has been to the beach. She loved the sand and kept running her fingers through it. She particularly liked when we would dig little holes. Every time she would scoot over to sit in it!





We did a little horseback riding while we were there...


And some race car driving...




I love this picture of Claire with the rainbow. I think you can only see the rainbow if you click on the photo.

This is Ethan and Claire towards the end of the day with their sweatshirts and undies. Their bathing suits were to cold and wet to put back on after lunch. After they came out they were freezing, so they stripped down and spent the rest of the evening wrapped in towels. They thought it was great because for Claire it was like wearing a long gown. She told us that she was the princess and Ethan was her prince. Ethan told her that he would only marry her if she stopped bossing him around.

Who is that Girl??!!

Ethan and Jane fell asleep at the same time one afternoon so I did Claire's makeup. Her blush and lipstick made her itch too much, so she washed it off, but she wanted to keep the eyebrows. What a difference a little eyebrow makeup (aka: paint) can make!

Our Little Flower

Jane has been on a roll since the sweet potato miracle (see below). She now eats actual food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and is not a picky eater. She'll try anything we give her now. Needless to say, she takes a bath 3 times a day! Grandma Rae Ann gave Jane her flower towel...very cute. Jane is always pulling it off.

The Girls on Sunday Afternoon

Claire and Jane came home from church this afternoon and played nicely together. This is my favourite dress of Jane's...looks so nice with her blue eyes.

Ethan Gets A Haircut

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AFTER:

Ethan wanted a new haircut for the beginning of the new school year. He said he wanted to, "cut it all off." And that's what he got! Dan cut it and Ethan is pretty pleased about his new haircut!